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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You did move the goalpost there.  The original assertion was that a kid taking Algebra I in 7th and geometry in 8th could be competitive in VA.  They simply can’t be. [/quote]

Looking at the results in VA this year, at least one student who has not completed algebra 1 came pretty close to making nationals, and at least one student who did go to nationals did not have algebra 1 before 6th grade.[/quote]

Even if they're not taking Alg/trig in school, they are learning it somewhere. I believe most of the VA team made USAJMO, which requires a strong AIME showing (which require Alg2+)   [/quote]

This.  They're not reaching AIME/JMO/Mathcounts nationals with nothing more than the algebra I or geometry taught in FCPS/LCPS.  They're taking outside classes somewhere.  The one student who has not completed Algebra I yet came close to making nationals has at least taken an outside geometry class.  Many of the problems in the state round this year required geometry. [/quote]

No outside classes, but they study stuff on their own, or in team practices.[/quote]

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